The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Henry Public
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Rank 2. Al Badawi
Palestinian Middle Eastern
Plastic flowers cascade across the front and interior of this Palestinian spot on Atlantic Avenue, a visual announcement of the bold, abundant cooking within. Enormous mezze platters arrive with hot saj bread from the domed oven by the door, though the kitchen's finest moment may be its plainest: thin flatbread topped with melted cheese and ground pistachios.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater 2026 · The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
- Grub Street 2025 · The 43 Best Restaurants in New York
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Rank 4. Shelsky's of Brooklyn
NY-Style
- BagelUp #11 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- The Infatuation #9 · The 19 Best Bagels In NYC, Ranked
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Rank 5. Gage & Tollner
Steakhouse
A Brooklyn steakhouse from 1892 glows with vintage mirrors and brass chandeliers, its no-nonsense cocktail list and amber-lit dining room instantly charming. The kitchen honors Edna Lewis's Southern legacy through seafood towers, crab cakes, and fried chicken that justify the historical setting with genuine substance.
- World's 101 Best #84 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- Esquire 2023 · Turf Club · The Best Martinis in America
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. East
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Rank 6. Maison Sun
French/Asian
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Rank 8. Saint Julivert
Seafood
A narrow room on Clinton Street yields outsized kitchen talent: tempura delicata squash with black garlic labneh, fried hamachi boudin with Thai chili mayo, tamarind-glazed pork over coconut spinach. The wine list champions small producers in concert with seafood-forward cooking that refuses the space's modest footprint.
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- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #1 · U.S. Latte Art Championship · Piyapat "Flook" Lapteerawut
- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #7 · U.S. Brewers Cup · Peace Sakulclanuwat
- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #7 · U.S. Coffee in Good Spirits Championship · John Chau Ly
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Rank 10. La Vara
Spanish
The dining room hums with the ease of a Madrid kitchen transplanted to the Lower East Side. Alex Raij's cocina casera elevates pantry staples—grilled beans in romesco, slow-roasted suckling pig with chimichurri—through ingredient intelligence and a refusal to overthink. It's cooking that knows exactly what it wants to be.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Rachel Miller
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Alex Raij and Eder Montero
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Rank 11. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style
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- VinePair 2024 · Industry Icon of the Year · The Next Wave Awards
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. East
- Time Out #8 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
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Rank 13. Leyenda
Mexican
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Rank 14. The Sunken Harbor Club
Tropical Cocktail Bar
- VinePair 2024 · Bartender of the Year · The Next Wave Awards · Garret Richard
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. East
- Time Out #2 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
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Rank 15. The River Café
Contemporary
Beneath the Brooklyn Bridge's shadow, this landmark trades intimacy for theater—jacket required, tables angled toward the Manhattan skyline. The prix fixe menu moves through precisely executed dishes: blue shrimp atop corn hominy, Dover sole in Burgundy truffle sauce, a soufflé that arrives warm and quivering. Formal service that doesn't feel starch, old money without the stuffiness.
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Rank 16. Saga
New American
A dining room suspended above the city, wrapped in peach velvet and green marble, opens onto a terrace for aperitifs before the meal proper. Hokkaido scallops arrive with shaved fennel and vadouvan butter; Australian lamb carries spiced jus and frothed herbs. The closing ritual—a Moroccan tea service with small sweets—feels less like dessert than benediction.
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A 1920s pharmacy reclaimed and restored, its vintage bones now cradling an ice cream counter where floats arrive in proper glassware and sundaes sport house-made hot fudge and potato chips. The theatrical restraint of the space—original fixtures intact, nothing oversold—lets the cold sweetness do the talking.
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Rank 18. Inga’s Bar
American
Pressed tin ceiling and white brick glow under candlelight in this reborn tavern where regulars cluster at the bar and the kitchen moves between duck poutine croquettes and braised rabbit with lardon without pretense. The burger satisfies as readily as the trout, and blackout cake with lemon curd closes the night with casual grace. A neighborhood place that knows what it is.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Grub Street 2026 · The 40 Best Restaurants for Kids (and Parents!)
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Rank 19. Sal Tang’s
Cantonese American Chinese
Sal Tang's marries red-lantern nostalgia with refined Cantonese-American cooking, its crispy egg rolls and silken wonton soup anchored in dark wood and cherry blossom wallpaper. A weeknight refuge where classics like beef and broccoli meet blood orange sorbet finales.
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Rank 21. Malai Ice Cream
South Asian Dessert
A Cobble Hill scoop shop where eggless ice cream swirls with South Asian spice—masala chai, rose, Turkish coffee—arrives without fanfare or pretension. The flavors taste like someone's kitchen memory translated into cream, which is precisely the point.
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Rank 22. L'Appartement 4F
Parisian Bakery
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Rank 23. Untable
Thai
Chef Rachanon Kampimarn's cozy Cobble Hill kitchen pulls from northern Thailand with confident flair, turning curry and heat into something far more interesting than mere provocation. The soupless khao soi and grilled chicken thigh in green curry reveal his gift for balancing boldness with restraint, though the specials board—fried branzino with chili and garlic—often steals the show.
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Rank 24. Chrissy's Pizza
NY-Style Pizza
- The Infatuation 2025 · #5 · NYC’s Best New Restaurants
- The New York Times The 25 Best Pizza Places in New York Right Now
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Rank 26. Bien Cuit
French Bakery
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- 50 Best 2025 · #46 · World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #33 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
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Rank 28. % Arabica
Japanese
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Rank 29. Bar Bruno
American
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Rank 30. Bar Ferdinando
Italian
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A Montreal deli wedged into Boerum Hill where cured beef brisket arrives in towering, mustard-slicked piles on rye, with poutine variations and latkes that justify the pilgrimage. The counter and communal tables fill quickly; takeout from the sidewalk window lets you eat the thing at home.
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Rank 32. Café Spaghetti
Modern Italian
- Grub Street 2026 · The 40 Best Restaurants for Kids (and Parents!)
- Esquire 2022 · #18 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 33. F&F Pizzeria
Pizza
- Grub Street 2025 · The 43 Best Restaurants in New York
- The New York Times The 25 Best Pizza Places in New York Right Now
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Rank 35. Pitt's
Southern
- Food & Wine 2025 · Pancake Soufflé · Best Dishes Our Editors Ate This Year
- Punch 2025 · Rosie Martini · Our Favorite Cocktails
- Punch 2025 · Best New Bartenders · Ben Hopkins
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- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #1 · U.S. Latte Art Championship · Piyapat "Flook" Lapteerawut
- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #7 · U.S. Coffee in Good Spirits Championship · John Chau Ly
- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #7 · U.S. Brewers Cup · Peace Sakulclanuwat
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Rank 38. Red Hook Tavern
American
The Red Hook Tavern welcomes you with brass rail and vintage fixtures—exposed brick, frosted glass, floral wallpaper—arranged around an intimate bar. A dry-aged burger crowned with American cheese arrives alongside cottage fries; French onion soup comes properly bronzed and bubbling. It's comfort food and cocktails executed with the understated competence you'd expect from the Hometown BBQ team.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation #22 · The 25 Best Restaurants In NYC
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Rank 40. The Dead Rabbit
Irish Cocktail Bar
- The Pinnacle Guide 1 Pin
- Esquire 2024 · Steakhouse Martini #2 · The Best Martinis in America
- Time Out $22 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
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- VinePair 2023 · Bartender of the Year · The Next Wave Awards · Patty Dennison
- Time Out #15 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
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Rank 42. Hungry Thirsty
Southern Thai
A bright yellow storefront on Smith Street opens onto orange walls and a blue-and-green bar where Chef Prasert "Tee" Kanghae's southern Thai cooking draws steady crowds. The fried branzino arrives gleaming with its dipping sauce; the soy-marinated eggs demand repetition. This is cooking pitched at volume—spiced, confident, unapologetic about its pleasures.
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Rank 43. Café Kestrel
Pan-European French
In a narrow Red Hook storefront, Café Kestrel balances casual ease with refined technique, its French-leaning menu moving gracefully from fried halloumi with sage and honey to duck leg confit nestled against rutabaga purée and candied kumquats. Service arrives unhurried and attentive, desserts—particularly an apricot cake with caramel—feel like the point of the meal rather than an afterthought.
- Eater Restaurant We'd Most Want to Be Regulars
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times 2024 · Fried Halloumi · Here Are Our Top New York Dishes
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Rank 45. Defonte's Sandwich Shop
Sandwiches
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Rank 46. Café Mars
Contemporary
Chef Paul D'Avino's Third Avenue spot treats the familiar with gleeful irreverence—negroni Jell-O with olive, garlic knot monkey bread, muffaletta dim sum—each dish a small provocation. It's a restaurant that announces itself through whimsy, yet the execution and generosity of spirit suggest a kitchen genuinely interested in pleasure.
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Rank 47. Pizza Secret
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 49. Bark Barbecue
Central Texas-Style Barbecue
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Rank 50. Crown Shy
Contemporary
In the soaring Art Deco lobby of 70 Pine Street, Crown Shy harnesses the grandeur of its setting—marble floors, long bar, upbeat energy—without pretension. The kitchen executes with precision: Gruyère fritters, tomatoes and peaches with anchovy and peanuts, short rib with potato espuma. A place where technical skill serves straightforward pleasure.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. East
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar
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Rank 53. La Marchande
Modern French
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Rank 54. 6 Restaurant
European
The open kitchen anchors this intimate Carroll Gardens bistro, where exposed brick and leather booths create warmth for both dates and groups. Dishes like hamachi crudo in whey broth and duck confit gnocchi show a kitchen fluent in European and South American inflections.
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Rank 55. Sofreh
Persian
In a serene Park Slope room of marble and black timber, chef-owner Nasim Alikhani cooks the Persian cuisine of her homeland with confident restraint. Roasted eggplant yielding to kashk and crispy onions, pomegranate-marinated ribeye kebab, lamb shank braised into submission—the colorful plates need no ornament here, only the clean walls to frame them.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Best Chef: New York State · Nasim Alikhani
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Chef: New York State · Nasim Alikhani
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Rank 56. Theodora
Mediterranean Seafood
Wood smoke hangs thick in this Fort Greene dining room where Tomer Blechman applies Mediterranean sensibilities to seafood aged and charred over open flame. The dry-aged black cod arrives with miso beurre blanc and grilled vegetables; a pita comes topped with monkfish liver 'nduja. The restaurant hums with purpose, built entirely around what fire can do to fish.
- VinePair 2024 · Food & Beverage Program of the Year · The Next Wave Awards
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Time Out 2026 · The 45 best restaurants in NYC right now
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- VinePair 2023 · Industry Icon of the Year · The Next Wave Awards
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. East
- Time Out #11 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
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Sam Mason, who cut his teeth at the fine-dining extremes of Wd~50, brings a restless imagination to ice cream—Thai iced tea one season, black pepper fig the next, each flavor arriving with the precision of plated dessert. The shop's expansion across the Northeast and beyond suggests that his mercurial approach to frozen cream has found an audience willing to follow.
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Rank 61. Runner & Stone
Bakery
A former Per Se baker channels the city's milling heritage through concrete-slab walls and house-ground flour, turning sandwiches into studied compositions. The tuna confit melt and broccoli fritter pita prove that a bakery counter need not apologize for its ambitions.
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Rank 62. Brooklyn DOP Pizza
NY-Style Pizza
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- Eater 2026 · The Best Steakhouses in New York City
- Time Out 2026 · The 45 best restaurants in NYC right now
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Rank 64. Miss Ada
Middle Eastern
A Fort Greene mainstay where whipped ricotta with brown butter and lamb-topped hummus emerge from a shockingly small kitchen. The backyard garden fills nightly despite scarce reservations, though the bar welcomes walk-ins for charred skewers and market salads meant for sharing.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Vogue 2026 · The 25 Best Restaurants in Brooklyn, According to Vogue Staff
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An 82-story tower anchors Lower Manhattan's transformation, with floor-to-ceiling windows framing the Oculus and the harbor beyond. The neighborhood's rebirth unfolds around you—shopping, restaurants, and the lingering sense of a district reclaiming its place.
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Rank 68. Sailor
Seafood
Lines snake around this Fort Greene corner for Bloomfield's seasonal cooking that makes simplicity look inevitable: eggs with celery salt and mayo, a Caesar salad, roast chicken. Lunch brings a spring onion and goat gouda quiche and fries that justify the wait. Light falls through the skylight onto a bistro settling into its role as neighborhood anchor.
- Esquire 2024 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Eater 2024 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 69. Jungsik
Modern Korean
A dining room of studied restraint—dark wood, spare angles, downtown cool—frames Chef Yim Jung Sik's tasting menu, where Korean tradition splinters into something altogether new. Raw fish arrives beside kimchi and bone broth; octopus crisps under gochujang; each course unfolds with such precision and invention that you find yourself nodding involuntarily at the plate.
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Rank 70. Carne Mare
Italian Steakhouse
Andrew Carmellini's Italian steakhouse at Pier 17 wraps diners in Tuscan leather and Venetian mirrors overlooking the East River, while a horseshoe bar commands the ground floor with theatrical energy. The kitchen executes with equal care—lemon-bright arancini, gorgonzola-aged Wagyu, tableside salads—refusing the genre's typical shortcuts.
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Rank 71. Atera
Contemporary
Counter dining at chef Ronny Emborg's spare, uncluttered room in Tribeca unfolds with quiet precision—shigoku oysters paired with kiwi and cucumber, halibut suspended in buttery shrimp bisque—while a spirited playlist keeps the intimate experience from settling into reverence. The menu travels globally through numerous delicate courses that balance restraint and abundance with equal finesse.
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Rank 72. Maison Passerelle
Caribbean-inflected French
Gregory Gourdet's tightly curated menu inside Printemps remaps French cuisine through Caribbean and Vietnamese influences, each dish precise and layered. Striking tilework and an open kitchen frame dishes like duck glazed in cane syrup with tamarind jus—subversive rather than deferential.
- Esquire 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times 2026 · #75 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 73. Bánh by Lauren
Vietnamese-French Bakery
- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
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Rank 75. Corima
Mexican
Chef Fidel Caballero's cooking on Allen Street charts an uncompromising path through Mexican tradition, whether from the kitchen counter or the boisterous dining room. Sourdough tortillas made with Sonoran wheat and chicken fat arrive with recado negro butter—a detail that suggests the ambition threading through every plate.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- 50 Best 2025 · #36 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- Bon Appétit 2024 · America's Best New Restaurants
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Rank 76. Kesté Pizza&Vino
Italian
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Rank 79. Sunn’s
Korean
At Sunn's, Chef Sunny Lee elevates banchan from supporting cast to main event, producing six daily small plates that bend Korean tradition toward France and Italy in a kitchen barely larger than a closet. Crushed olives tangle with eggplant namul; hot mustard stands in for Dijon—stubbornly original gestures in a room that refuses to apologize for its ambitions.
- Food & Wine 2025 · Sunn’s Salad · Best Dishes Our Editors Ate This Year
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Emerging Chef · Sunny Lee
- Esquire 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 80. Nobu Downtown
Peruvian Japanese
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Rank 81. Bergen Bagels
NY-Style Bakery
- The New York Times The 16 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
- The Infatuation #16 · The 19 Best Bagels In NYC, Ranked
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Rank 83. Bridges
New American
Sam Lawrence's spare, ambitious kitchen in a warm Chinatown room defies easy categorization, moving fluidly between cured fish, custard tarts, and savory cheesecake. The execution is precise, the service unhurried, and the whole enterprise carries the ease of a bistro with the rigor of a destination.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Esquire 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- The Infatuation #21 · The 25 Best Restaurants In NYC
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A few steps from Fort Greene Park, this bistro wraps you in tropical warmth while its kitchen moves fluidly between northern and southern Thai traditions with ingredient-driven precision. The gui chai arrives crackling and golden; the braised short ribs, caramelized and yielding, taste like they've been waiting for you.
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Rank 85. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style
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Rank 86. Sawa
Middle Eastern
On a Brooklyn corner, siblings and their chef have opened a spirited spot where the line forms before service even begins. House-made pita arrives hot for labneh and hummus spiked with wagyu beef cheeks, while golden-fried rakkakat stuffed with akkawi cheese arrives with the confidence of a dish that knows what it is. It's Middle Eastern cooking that doesn't whisper.
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Rank 87. Roman's
Italian
At Roman's, bare wood tables catch the light of low candles while the marble bar behind becomes a shrine to aperitif knowledge and seasonal Italian cooking. The menu shifts with the calendar, but each dish arrives as though it were the only thing you came for.
- Roadbook The Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times 2026 · #53 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 88. Haenyeo
Korean
At this narrow Fifth Avenue corner, Korean fundamentals meet playful cross-cultural improvisation: tteokbokki crowned with Oaxacan cheese, daegu jorim braised into silken submission. The kitchen's gift is knowing when to honor tradition and when to surprise, all delivered with the ease of a neighborhood place that has earned its reputation.
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Rank 90. Lei
Wine Bar
On a narrow Chinatown street, Annie Shi has packed a wine bar so thoroughly that bottles climb the walls and diners spill into the alley. The kitchen, squeezed into every remaining crevice, sends out precise modern Chinese cooking—chilled celtuce with shallots, scallops with lily buds, hand-rolled noodles with braised lamb—that matches the ambition of a wine list that refuses to play it safe.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
- Esquire 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 91. César
Seafood
César Ramirez sustains a demanding precision night after night, refining raw ingredients—Danish hiramasa, North Sea turbot, California quail—into harmonious compositions at his minimal downtown seafood counter. The sauces are masterly, the service eager, and the open kitchen makes clear why this restrained space commands such focused attention.
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- BagelUp #11 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- Eater The Best Bagels in New York City
- The New York Times The 16 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
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Rank 93. Hometown Bar-B-Que
Barbecue
Wood smoke announces Hometown's Red Hook warehouse before you see it. The counter-service brisket arrives with a deep smoke ring and yielding pull; the jalapeño sausage, studded with melted cheese, reminds you why the trek from Manhattan matters. Collards and potato salad round out a meal that trades ambition for the clarity of meat cooked right.
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Rank 94. Liberty Bagels
NY-Style Bakery
- BagelUp #8 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- The New York Times The 16 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
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- 50 Best 2025 · #41 · World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #35 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
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Rank 96. Bar Goto
Japanese
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. East
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Rank 97. Superbueno
Mexican-American
- 50 Best 2025 · #12 · World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #9 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- VinePair 2023 · Bar Program of the Year · The Next Wave Awards
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Rank 98. Los Burritos Juárez
Mexican
A Fort Greene counter turns out burritos in the El Paso style, built on house-made flour tortillas cooked to order with lard—soft, chewy, and warm. The fillings are slow-cooked guisados: pork in red chiles, brisket in salsa verde, bound together with pinto beans. A regional tradition, executed with quiet competence and available at breakfast until the supply runs out.
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Rank 99. Russ & Daughters
Jewish
- BagelUp #4 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- The New York Times The 16 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
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Rank 100. Yamada
Kaiseki Japanese
Chef Isao Yamada has distilled a lifetime of kaiseki into a sparse, intimate counter where each course unfolds a different technique: pristine sashimi, a clear broth studded with king crab, a rice course married to Maine lobster and foraged mushrooms. The room itself—pale wood, ikebana, a framed garden—recedes politely behind the food, letting the seasonality speak.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- The New York Times 2025 · Ajisai Wagashi · The 14 Best Restaurant Desserts We Ate Across the U.S.
- The New York Times 2026 · #2 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City